It took two and a half years, but Robert Thompson, the restaurateur behind Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar, the former Argyll and Punch Bowl Social, finally got his wish: Anika Zappe, one of the most respected and high-profile bartenders in Denver, Thompson told me today, is now the beverage…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Pete and Barb…
Unbeatable panoramas, an awesome beer list and food, that by and large, is forgettable. Still, two out of three isn’t bad… Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool –…
Jeff Russell District Meats 1625 Wazee Street 303-623-1630 www.charliepalmer.com This is part one of my interview with Jeff Russell, exec chef of District Meats. You can read part two of our chat in this space tomorrow. Dinner was bonding time, Jeff Russell recalls. “Food was the thing that brought us…
While the pizza isn’t the finest pie in Denver, the staff — especially the bartender — might very well be the friendliest. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool…
It’s been an interesting few weeks for bartender Matty Durgin. The rum collector, tiki-night instigator and cocktail czar, who was initially hired to spearhead the bar program at Adrift, a new tiki bar and restaurant on South Broadway, abruptly departed before it opened last week. But that’s nothing compared to…
Would you like a jungle of cilantro smothering your shrimp tacos? If so, then this is your place. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
After last summer’s street-food shindigs wound down, there was some indication that the food-truck parties — at least the Justice League soirees, which were at the forefront of catapulting Denver’s street-food scene to prominence — might be grinding to a halt. “We haven’t made any decision about whether we’re going…
Cafe Society dished out seven Guess Where? contests last week ranging from a blood orange mimosa from Racines to a noble pastrami sandwich at Backcountry Provisions to a waste-of-a-burrito among well-on-their-way wasted patrons at Hanson’s to a morning gut bomb of sausage-studded Hollandaise sauce, poached eggs and chicken-fried steak. For…
It was a photo in a magazine of a chef in his whites that inspired Fabio Flagiello to pursue a culinary career. “I was nine years old and leafing through a magazine and saw a chef in his jacket and hat, so I told my mom that I wanted too…
On Friday afternoon, I got the text: “Heeeeey! I sold the Pinyon — going to make the move to Denver. Kablammo!” read the message from Theo Adley, the exec chef-owner of the Pinyon in Boulder, a restaurant he opened in late 2010 on the East End of the Pearl Street…
Like a lot of people in this city, I yearn for a great Jewish deli, but until we get one, most of us can agree that this sandwicheria passes mustard — er, muster. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Joe Troupe Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House 1610 16th Street 303-825-1021 www.luckypiepizza.com This is part two of my interview with Joe Troupe, exec chef of Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House. Part one of our chat was posted yesterday. Best thing about cooking in Denver: The food and markets…
Midtown.That’s what Peter Kudla, the COO of Metropolitan Homes and the developer of Vallagio at Inverness, a suburban mini-sprawl of retailers, lofts and restaurants in Englewood, chose to call his development when it came to fruition last year. “It’s a unique dimension down here,” said Kudla, when I asked him…
Admittedly, a dish of noodles, tofu and vegetables isn’t what’s typically on my plate, but here, at this restaurant, I’ve discovered that the vegetarian dishes are every bit as good as the meat and seafood alternatives. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…
Joe Troupe Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House 1610 16th Street 303-825-1021 www.luckypiepizza.com This is part one of my interview with Joe Troupe, exec chef of Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House. Part two of our chat will run in this space tomorrow. Unless you count shit on shingles, my…
Michelangelos Wine Bar, a cozy, comfy java hut and wine respite, where lattes, laptaps, live music and lambrusco all co-mingled, has closed at 1 Broadway. The website has gone black, and a hand-scrawled message on the front door thanks customers for their support over the years. No word on what…
For months, we’ve been keeping an eye on the construction at Alameda Square, which lays claim to some of the best Asian markets and restaurants in the city, including Super Star Asian, which is undergoing an expansion, and Pacific Ocean, which is also enlarging its space. But it’s Pho Ta,…
Yesterday morning, three Buddhist monks appeared at Adrift to bless the new tiki bar, a ritual for co-owner Jay Dedrick, who has asked Buddhist monks to ceremonially bless all of his Denver restaurants, including his four Swing Thai joints. And last night, during an animated — very animated — friends-and-family…
Earlier today, we posted the result of our Street 16 restaurant neighborhood tournament, and South Federal, which had been pitted against Lower Highland in the final showdown, took the prize…but one reader suggested that South Federal might have lost one of the very restaurants that pushed the South Federal neighborhood…
Bless the beasts and the children…and Adrift. Yes, that’s correct: This morning, three Buddhist monks from a monastery in Parker sat side by side on a chartreuse banquette at Adrift, the tiki bar that will open this week on South Broadway, and chanted, blessing the new space and wishing it…
There were two interesting components to my meal at this Indian restaurant: a server who recommended a Tibetan dish that, he said, was laced with chiles “that were nothing like Texas-style chili” (WTF?) and the deep-fried naan, which would probably be a huge hit in Texas. Nonetheless, I’ll continue to…
